playback
noun
the act of reproducing a sound or video recording, especially in order to check a recording that is newly made.
playbacks
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pluralof playback.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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And BTS, unlike Swift’s playbacks of recorded performances, will stream several “Arirang” concerts live, with two shows held in Japan and South Korea being played in theaters worldwide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
That day in Beijing, Knierim and Frazier were told the worst that could happen is their music would be muted in playbacks of their performance broadcast on NBC’s streaming platform, Peacock.
From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2024
When he started following the sport in 2005, the only way of viewing it in Nigeria was by watching playbacks of races on terrestrial TV.
From BBC ● May 29, 2024
Listening to playbacks, even they could not always figure out who was who.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2021
The tinfoil tears easily, and even when the stylus is properly adjusted, the reproduction is distorted and squeaky, and good for only a few playbacks.
From Development of the Phonograph at Alexander Graham Bell's Volta Laboratory Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, United States National Museum Bulletin 218, Paper 5, (pages 69-79) by Leslie J. Newville
